Writing on Games | An Analysis of Yakuza: Like a Dragon @WritingOnGames | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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I tend to bounce off of JRPGs for a number of reasons, so by all accounts I shouldn't adore Yakuza: Like a Dragon as much as I do. In this piece I break down why the shift from brawler to JRPG works so well, why new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga ends up so damn loveable, and why the genre might be the most effective means of presenting the game's themes of kinship, forgiveness and solidarity against a hypocritical and unfair society.
Review code was provided at launch by SEGA PR.
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Text intro by Isaac Holland - twitter.com/drazgames
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I tend to bounce off of JRPGs for a number of reasons, so by all accounts I shouldn't adore Yakuza: Like a Dragon as much as I do. In this piece I break down why the shift from brawler to JRPG works so well, why new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga ends up so damn loveable, and why the genre might be the most effective means of presenting the game's themes of kinship, forgiveness and solidarity against a hypocritical and unfair society.
Review code was provided at launch by SEGA PR.
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Text intro by Isaac Holland - twitter.com/drazgames
